Cockatoos

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Author:

Blake, Quentin

ISBN:

978-0-09-996490-2

Publication Date:

Apr 1994

Publisher:

Penguin Random House

Imprint:

Red Fox

Book Format:

Paperback

List Price:

AUD $19.99

Book Description:

When eccentric Professor Dupont tries to track down his troupe of brightly-coloured cockatoos, they're always just one step ahead of him. This counting book won the 1992 Smarties Children's Choice Award. 'Professor Dupont is the proud owner of ten troublesome cockatoos. When his "feathered friends" as he calls them, escape one fine morning, the subsequent hide and seek makes a wonderfully enjoyable story' - DAILY MAIL 'Cockatoos must be...
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Book Details

Pages:	32
Detailed Subjects:	Pets / Birds
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	2.7 x 13.5 x 0.3 cm
Book Weight:	0.18 Kilograms

Author Biography

Blake, Quentin (Author)

Award-winning illustrator and children's author, Quentin Blake was born in 1932.

His first drawings were published in "Punch" when he was 16. He has illustrated almost 300 titles some in collaboration with famous writers such as Russell Hoban, John Yeoman and Roald Dahl. He is the creator of characters such as Mister Magnolia and Mrs. Armitage.

His works have earned him numerous awards including the Whitbread Award, the Kate Greenaway Medal, the Emil/Kurt Maschler Award, the Bologna Ragazzi Prize, and in 2002 the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration. In 1999, he was selected as the First Children's Laureate.

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